| | | | This program is exhibition only and does not include an opening reception or artist talk. Wednesday, November 1 - December 31 - All Day Friends and Plaza Hallway Galleries | | | | Online Adult ESL Classes Join us for an online version of our ESL classes. These classes meet weekly for one hour and there are beginner level and intermediate to advanced level classes available. Registration required. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Level 2 (intermediate to advanced) | | | | Read and discuss American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. A Mexican bookseller is forced to flee as an illegal immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin. Attend in person or register online to attend virtually. Thursday, November 2 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fitzgerald Room, Zoom | | | | Computer Classes
All computer classes are located in the Training Center on the Administration Level of the library. Must register to attend. Click on each date for more information and a link to register. PowerPoint: Crash Course! Basic Word (2 parts) Basic Excel (2 parts) Microsoft Office: Business Skills Excel: Crash Course! One-on-One Tech Help | | | | If you are a hopeful board game designer looking to workshop ideas or have a prototype you'd like to playtest, then join us on select Thursday nights this fall. This meetup is also a great opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals in the board game community. No registration required! Thursday, November 2 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Grammy nominee, Beth Nielsen Chapman is an American singer-songwriter whose diverse body of work spans 15 albums and seven #1 hits that have been recorded by Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Vince Gill, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and the Indigo Girls. Mega-hit This Kiss sung by Faith Hill, was ASCAP's 1999 Song of the Year and garnered Chapman a Grammy nomination. Tickets are $35 plus processing fees. The Library Theatre | | | | Holiday flourishing looks easy when professional calligrapher April Guin takes you through the steps of creating with pen and ink. This class is presented by the Birmingham Calligraphy Guild and sponsored by the Hoover Public Library. Registration and supplies for your first class are free! The BCG and HPL ask that you join the guild for subsequent classes to allow more patrons the opportunity to attend. Patrons must be 18 years or older to attend all classes. Saturday, November 4 from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Author, editor, producer, director and two-time Emmy Award winner Dr. Wendy Reed discusses her work. Friends business meeting at 10:00 am with program to follow. Monday, November 6 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Veterans are invited to network and enjoy dinner with service organizations. 5:00 pm - Network with organizations that serve the veterans community 5:30 pm - Organization introductions 6:00 pm - BBQ dinner Tuesday, November 7 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Practice your French and celebrate the culture! All levels, beginner to fluent are welcome. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Adults only, 17+ please. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Tuesday, November 7 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Adult Program Room | | | | Herbalist Cameron Strouss joins Well-Made Workshop to teach about the medicinal uses of honey. Wednesday, November 8 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Decorate your space with adorable felt pies. Thursday, November 9 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am East 59 Event Room - Lee Branch | | | | Read and discuss Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman. Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration - a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey. Thursday, November 9 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Adult Program Room | | | | Exchange houseplants with others while sharing tips and tricks and getting to know other plant addicts. Bring in healthy plants, rooted in dirt or loose cuttings and be ready to trade with others! Sunday, November 12 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | NovelTea Book Club Read and discuss Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon. The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. Sunday, November 12 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Helping Hands Teen and adult volunteers can drop in to roll newspapers for the Humane Society. Monday, November 13 from 3:00 pm - 8:30 pm Adult Program Room | | | | All levels, from beginner to fluent, are welcome to practice their Spanish. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Some prior experience with language is recommended. Adults only, 17+ please. Tuesday, November 14 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | Meet your librarians for coffee and discuss Spare by Prince Harry. For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. Thursday, November 16 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm East 59 Meeting Room - Lee Branch | | | | Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer and artist of sound. Nakatani's distinctive music is centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals and singing bowls. He has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Thursday, November 16 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | Friends Fall Book Sale
Find great deals on used books and media! Cash, checks and credit cards accepted. Book dealers may shop on Sunday. All sales benefit the Friends of the Hoover Library. The Library Theatre Level | | | | The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one. Directed by: Lloyd Bacon Starring: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill Runtime: 96 minutes Friday, November 17 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Heed the call of the tabletop and come out to the library for a night of board game fun! Friday, November 17 from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | Masterworks: Scheherazade: One Thousand and One Nights Register with your library card from November 3 - 5 for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks series. Ticket holders are chosen by random drawing and awarded two tickets. All entries during the registration period are treated the same regardless of date or time of entry. Only one entry per library card. Ticket holders will be notified on November 6 with tickets available for pickup November 7 - 14 at the Library Plaza desk. Call 205-444-7821 for more information. Program to include: Bela Bartok: Dance Suite Carlos Izcaray: Violin Concerto Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Scheherazade tells the age-old tale of One Thousand and One Nights, in which Scheherazade prolongs her life by spinning intriguing tales for her tyrannical husband each night. Scheherazade is represented by a beautiful lyrical violin solo and the lilting motion of the sea comes in the form of the undulating cello and violin sections. Jemison Concert Hall - Alys Stephens Center | | | | Share your literary works and network with other aspiring writers. This event is open to everyone and no registration is required. Saturday, November 18 from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Public Lounge / Book Nook | | | | Join old friends and make new ones at this crafty meeting of all fiber enthusiasts. We love to see anyone with a portable craft such as knitting, crochet, tatting, embroidery or other fiber crafts. Saturday, November 18 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | The Staging Post is a story of hope, courage and connection. It follows Afghan Hazara refugees Muzafar, Khadim and Tahira. Stranded in Indonesia after Australia 'stopped the boats' and facing many years in limbo, they build a community and start a school which inspires a refugee education revolution. Against the backdrop of the ongoing refugee crisis, this powerful, emotional and uplifting story proves that refugees are not just the problem, but can be part of the solution as well. Runtime: 61 minutes Sunday, November 19 from 1:30 pm - 3:05 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Now Showing: Belfast (2021)
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. In the midst of growing sectarian violence, his family must decide to stay or go. Runtime: 98 minutes The Library Theatre | | | | The Stories of Exile program series covers a variety of narratives - most of which take place throughout Europe. Professor Janek Wasserman speaks to a variety of influences on the exile, migration, diaspora and other "movements" of peoples that have shaped European history. Tuesday, November 21 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room, Online Program | | | | Make a little lantern by upcycling a glass jar and silk leaves. Wednesday, November 22 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Adult Program Room | | | | At the Pen & Paper RPG Society meetings, you create larger than life heroes and join forces with fellow gamers as you adventure through dungeons, haunted tombs and forgotten regions of space. Let us show you a new, exciting hobby! No experience needed! Sunday, November 26 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Read and discuss Too Young to Kill by M. William Phelps. Register to attend online. Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Reynolds couldn't unravel the twisted tangles of jealousy and domination complicating her new life in East Moline, Illinois. What began as a fresh start after a troubled home life in Texas ended with teen lust, violence and murder. Tuesday, November 28 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom | | | | Work together to escape our room of mystery! Registration required. Thursday, November 30 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm East 59 Event Room - Lee Branch | | | | Read and discuss The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein. In the summer of 1934, thirty-seven-year-old American Yiddish poet Jacob Glatstein boarded a transatlantic ship for Europe to visit his dying mother. From New York he sailed to France, traveled by train to Paris, crossed through Nazi Germany and stopped in Warsaw before continuing on to his hometown of Lublin, Poland. These books were a precursor of what was to come for Jews throughout Europe, as seen by an eyewitness. A short film precedes the book discussion from the Yiddish Book Center. Thursday, November 30 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room, Online Program | | | | Celtic Angels Christmas captivates audiences with the magic of the holiday in an awe-inspiring medley of vocal and instrumental seasonal and Irish favorites along with spectacular world-class champion Irish dancing. Tickets are $35 plus processing fees. Thursday, November 30 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Come to Trivia Night for competitive chill, fantastically bad puns, music, questions and answers! Mystery prize for the winning team. Snacks all around! Thursday, November 30 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | |
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